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Old 12-11-2004, 02:01 PM   #1
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BigDyl's Rage Against the "Machine" Journal
I decided to follow in the footsteps of other IM members and create a Journal. Hopefully I can keep up with it. *Fingers crossed*

Current stats:

Height: 6'7
Weight: 280
BF%*EST*: 20%


Lifts:

Flat BB Bench: 290
Deadlift: 490
Squat ATF: 330, Parrellel: 385
Bent Row: 295 x 5


Todays Workout: Chest/Tri's

Chest
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Flat BB Bench Press:

225 X 11 (up 2 reps from last week)
225 X 8 (argh lost 3 reps)

Incline BB Bench Press:

205 X 6 spot on 7
185 X 11

Decline Dumbell:

90's X 9

Tri's
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CG Bench:

185 X 8
190 X 6

Skull Crushers: (Done behind the head, not to the forehead)

120 X 8
130 X 4 spot on 5

Rope Pushdown:

130 X 18


Felt good, I got a Semi-workout high, and I still have it.


Diet
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Pre-Breakfast: Whey protein shake X 2 scoops

Breakfast: Two Tuna sandwhichs low fat mayo

Pre workout: Chicken Breast with brown rice

Workout

2 scoops Low Carb Grow® with Micellar Casien

...Havent eaten anything else yet


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Oh, I think Americans understand that the one thing conservatives hate the most is the idea of spending American tax money on Americans. . .in America.


Your tax money is safe. . .in Iraq.
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Old 12-11-2004, 02:09 PM   #2
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Damn your a tall guy. Play basketball?!?! LOL. Good to see you starting a journal, stick with it! Nice w/o, low volume- I like that!


I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain...
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Old 12-11-2004, 02:15 PM   #3
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Damn your a tall guy. Play basketball?!?! LOL. Good to see you starting a journal, stick with it! Nice w/o, low volume- I like that!

Hey, Rock, thanks for the post. I play some basketball at the YMCA, but never played it in school. And, yes, I'm a fan of the low volume/HIT training now.

Nice stats you got there, yourself btw. We are practically the same number wise.


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Old 12-11-2004, 08:55 PM   #4
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Diet:

Last two meals:

30 peices of peeled shrimp, and 10 slices of roast beef along with a salad
2 scoops micellar casein/whey grow forumla

I had these at some stupid party I had to goto for work.


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Old 12-12-2004, 04:19 AM   #5
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Hey, Rock, thanks for the post. I play some basketball at the YMCA, but never played it in school. And, yes, I'm a fan of the low volume/HIT training now.

Nice stats you got there, yourself btw. We are practically the same number wise.
Haha, thanks but I don't think we are close anymore! I'm recovering from an injury and I feel like I'm back at the beginning. Bet that shrimp was good!


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Old 12-12-2004, 09:16 AM   #6
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Sorry to hear that. What caused the injury?


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Old 12-12-2004, 11:33 AM   #7
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Tendonitis. I have it all through my arm, elbow, bicep and forearm. All just came to a head Hopefully I'm training smarter now though!


I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain...
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Old 12-12-2004, 02:13 PM   #8
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Tendonitis. I have it all through my arm, elbow, bicep and forearm. All just came to a head Hopefully I'm training smarter now though!

That sucks man. Hope you get better soon.


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Old 12-12-2004, 02:21 PM   #9
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Todays Workout
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Legs/Core:

Squats:

Warmup: 135 X 10

For some reason the damn warmup is harder on my knees than the heavier weights. Wth is up with that?

225 X 10
295 X 6
315 X 4

All Below parrellel. For now on I'm not going ATF, it just doesnt feel right because I sit down and not back. I started sitting back and going slightly below parrellel, and it just felt better.

Stiff Legged Dead lifts:

Warmup: 135 x 6


225 x 10
275 x 8
295 x 4

The last set was really testing me.

Leg press:

600 X 6 + 4 rest pause = 10
540 x 10 + 2 rest pause = 12

Standing calve raises

360 X 8
360 X 8




Good workout all in all. I took pretty long breaks between the Squat sets. Somwhere between 4-5 Minutes between the heavier ones. I tried to make up for it by moving quickly between the SLDL's, but it just wore me out. I feel basically dead right now.


Diet
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Pre-breakfast: 2 scoops whey
Breakfast: 3 eggs and two peices muti-grain toast
Pre-Workout: Subway sub with all vegetables an 4 peices of chicken breasts
Workout
Post Workout: 2 scoops Grow with Micellar Casien


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Old 12-16-2004, 05:59 AM   #10
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Yesterdays Workout:


Back/Bi's:


Back
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Bent Rows:

135 x 6 warmup
225 x 6
295 x 6
275 x 7 + 1/2 rep on 8

Chin ups:

4 x bodyweight
3 x body weight
3 x very slow negatives


I'm weak as hell on these because i weigh like 280 now.


Seated rows with close grip:

180 x 10 warmup
250 (whole stack) x 12
250 x 10


One-arm dumbell rows:

110 x 8
120 x 5


Bicepts:

Straight BB curl:

135 x 7
135 x 5


I was feeling weak as hell on bicepts because they were hit so hard during my back W/O. My diet wasn't that great, so I don't think I'll post it, lol. It's hard for me to eat foods that I have to cook because I don't have alot of time to cook them, plus I never cook anything because I suck at it/ am too lazy when it comes to cooking. I wish I had a personal chef, lol. Then i'd be ripped.


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Old 12-16-2004, 06:05 AM   #11
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................ wish I had a personal chef, lol. Then i'd be ripped.

Don't we all!!

You have some nice lifts going!!

Keep it up!


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"You are born small and weak... you die small and weak... how you look in between is up to you."
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Old 12-16-2004, 06:44 AM   #12
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That looks like a great w/o. Don't say your weak, I don't know what that would make me, LOL.


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Old 12-16-2004, 03:11 PM   #13
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Hey thanks for the posts guys.


Yellow Moomba:

Thanks, I really want to improve them even more though.



Rock:

Yeah it hit my back pretty hard, but the strange thing is, my back never gets sore. Then again, they say soreness is irrelevent to hypertrophy. Oh, and, i dont consider myself weak, just havent reached my potential yet. And, you are a strong dude yourself.


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Old 12-16-2004, 03:16 PM   #14
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Lookin good man. I like the volume being low.


"in the howling bleeding nights, the dogs plunge into the Volga and swim desperately to gain the other bank. The nights of Stalingrad are a terror for them. Animals flee this hell; the hardest stones cannot bear it for long; only men endure."
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Old 12-16-2004, 08:51 PM   #15
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Lookin good man. I like the volume being low.

Hey, thanks for stoppin' by man. Yeah, you are the master of low volume, and I must admit, I have gotten alot of my knowledge about this from you.

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Old 12-16-2004, 09:30 PM   #16
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Glad to hear it Yeah, I'd expect your results to be excellent on a lower volume routine. You are massive btw, at least 6 inches taller than me and 50 pounds heavier


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Old 12-17-2004, 05:39 AM   #17
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Glad to hear it Yeah, I'd expect your results to be excellent on a lower volume routine. You are massive btw, at least 6 inches taller than me and 50 pounds heavier

Yeah, but you have more lean body mass per pound, than I.


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Old 12-18-2004, 01:59 PM   #18
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Todays Workout:


Chest/Tri's


Chest
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Flat BB Bench:

Warmup sets x 4
295 x 1... failed..I'm a failure
285 x 1 (just barely)

Incline BB Bench:

265 x 1 (PR)
270 x 1.. fail.. left shoulder died

Flat Dumbell Press:

105 x 4
85 x 12

Flat BB Press Negatives:

305 x 3
305 x 2


Tri's
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Skull Crushers:

140 x 6 (PR)
125 x 8

Rope Pushdowns:

170 (whole stack) x 10
150 x 12






Today's workout was OK. I lifted with good intensity, but I couldn't get a new 1RM on bench But I did get a new 1 RM on incline. So I guess that's Ok. My diet was subpar, so I won't post it. I ran out of whey, so I had to drink the GROW! with the micellar casien. It is 50% whey isolate anyways.


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Old 12-24-2004, 11:25 AM   #19
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Merry Christmas BigD


I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain...
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Old 12-31-2004, 10:31 AM   #20
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Hey thanks man. Late Merry Christmas to you too. Hell, happy new year. I couldn't find my Journal, i thought it was gone.





I did it today. Finally.

Woke up. Got extremely motivated listening to music and dancing around the apartment (looking goofy as hell i suspect). I planned it all out. 100 miligrams of caffine when i woke up, with 2 cups of oatmeal. sipping water the whole time. 2 hours later. 30 minutes before workout. 200 miligrams caffine with 15 grams of creatine, 1/2 cup oat meal, and alot of water.

I then hit the gym, ready to go hard for 45 minutes. Today was supposed to be Chest and Tri's.

I enter the weightroom with my w/o partner. We are ready, when the speaker announces; "The gym will be closing at 12 O'clock today." It was 11:32. WTF. Oh, well, im going to do it anyways.


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Flat BB Bench

Warmup:

bar x 10
135 x 6
135 x 6
185 x 3
185 x 3
225 x 2
250 x 1
.........










New 1RM: 300




Flat Dumbell

110 x 5
100 x 9

Gym closed...





Did it. Finally. I couldn't even get 295 last week. Haha, i reached my goal just barely before the new year, with 12 hours to spare.


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Old 12-31-2004, 12:16 PM   #21
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That's AWESOME BigD! Bet your pretty pumped about it!!! So you want from 250 to 300 in your progression? Did it feel heavy making that jump? Congrats buddy!


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Old 12-31-2004, 12:26 PM   #22
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Thanks dude! Yeah it did feel like a jump. But i felt if i would have tried 275 before 300 that it would have wore me down. Im not sure though.


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Old 12-31-2004, 01:59 PM   #23
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Well regardless, you did it!!!! Wahoooo! Now post your PB for wrist curls


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Old 12-31-2004, 04:48 PM   #24
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